Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Gourmet Survivor II for charity

This fundraiser for Katrina victims being hosted by The Amateur Gourmet begins with this totally insane New-Orleans-themed scavenger hunt: you take a picture of yourself with the following objects and post the photos to a Flickr page. The entry fee is $10. I pledge to match your entry if you submit a picture of yourself "eating" Haverchuk for #50. (This is just stage one of the contest; there's much more and to read about it go check out The AG.)

1. A bottle of cayenne pepper balanced on your head.

2. A menu from a restaurant that says New Orleans somewhere on it.

3. A dog or a cat wearing a chef's hat.

4. You with a placard outside a restaurant that says:- "I LIKE MY FOOD SPICY" (1 pt)- "SPICY FOOD MAKES ME HORNY" (2 pts)- "I WAS RAPED BY EMERIL" (5 pts)NOTE: There must be at least one genuine onlooker in the picture! No friends!

5. A cast-iron skillet balanced on your finger.

6. Pecans in your nostrils.

7. You with a baby eating cake. (Because in New Orleans they have those baby cakes...)

Ok, at this point we'll move away from specifically New Orleans food and broaden the scope a bit for those not in the United States. (Even though items 1 through 20 provide many opportunities for creative point getting.) So here we go!

21. A spork.

22. You in one of those aprons that has a naked body on it.

23. A large wheel of Parmesan.

24. A pair of dentures eating a piece of licorice.

25. A Tupperware party.- (3 pts for creativity here!)

26. A jello mold.

27. You in a bakery with flour on your face.

28. You playing a cannoli like a trumpet.

29. The "Big Night" DVD in one hand and a slice of pizza in the other.

30. You with a milk mustache.(+5 points if you make it look like one of those Milk ads by adding text, etc.)

31. Grating cheese directly into your mouth.

32. You holding a rose and a glass of rose.

33. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.

34. A cucumber zucchini sword fight.

35. Someone throwing a tomato at your face: BEFORE.

36. Something throwing a tomato at your face: AFTER.

37. Butternut Squash and Honey Nut Cheerios, doing battle.

38. A CD with food on the cover.

39. David Lebovitz's "Great Book of Chocolate."

40. Eating something in a public place while wearing oven mitts.

41. The New Yorker Food Issue.(Bonus point if you have last year's too. Ditto for each additional year.)

42. A lobster tank.

43. Nutella under an umbrella.

44. White bread with you looking as "white bread" as you can. - (Up to 5 bonus points for creativity.)

45. You hugging a Starbucks employee.

46. Picking fruit from a tree.

47. An ice cream truck.

48. You making an ugly face holding Ugly Fruit.

49. The Larousse Gastronomique in one hand and a whisk in the other.

50. You reading your favorite food blog with a knife and fork poised over the keyboard.